Shadows of Karakan: An Isekai Progression Fantasy

Draka, Book 2

De: AvaritiaBona

Narrado por: Katherine Littrell

A human magically reborn into a dragon's body navigates friendships, alliances, and feuding gangs in the second book of this charming isekai series.

In the months since Draka woke up as a dragon in another world, much has changed. She's formed friendships, built alliances, navigated the magic and politics of her new home, and discovered how to wield some of her more useful draconic abilities. But even as her powers evolve, she finds herself contending with ever more perilous trials.

For one, the dragon's mind inside her own is growing stronger, becoming a near-constant force, with its own memories and desires. For another, Draka's friendship with Herald has landed her directly in the crosshairs of some dangerous factions. And after a betrayal by someone she thought she could trust, she's battling not only the dragon's desire to kill but also her own craving for vengeance.

Now, Draka must learn to control her baser urges and truly embrace her dual nature—before she ends up destroying the remaining links to her humanity and the only people she cares about in this new life....

The second volume of the hit LitRPG fantasy series—with more than a million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!

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A bit grim in the beginning

While I do know and understand this book has darker themes, I felt like it could have eased in and not bashed us over the head with it.

Beautiful story!

Excellent story, great narration, and beautiful world building. I love how Draka actually thinks like a dragon when instincts kick in. Very animalistic and proud!

I dont know if anyone else felt this but...

The entire book had a pall over it, like storm clouds hovering on the horizon. The mentioning of dragon magic forcing or heavily encouraging people to follow Draka, feels like straight up mind control, and even the characters admit that it's forcing or heavily suppressing certain emotions on those around her. As a result all the friendship moments, all the important character development of various people, all of it feels fake, and like a lie. Every cute moment between Draka and Herald, or Draka and Mak, feels forced, but the author never really seems to address it, no efforts are made to stop the magic, no testing of it. Just "Man I SHOULD be angry right now but I'm not" and the book acts like everything is fine. As a result EVERY interaction Draka had with anyone is tainted by this idea that nobody is acting of their own volition, they're just puppets of Draka's will, so it was difficult to enjoy this book. The tonal change was also whiplash, going from Book 1 to 2. I'm not sure I'll be reading the third to be honest.

unique

The book contains some very dark themes, but manages to be quite wholesome at the same time. Some sentences seem to repeat themselves and doesn't feel perfectly written but overall it's a very enjoyable book.

hmm

10 hours in and the same topics keep coming up, repeating the same thing over and over. the character development or lack there of is boring. the story is good tho so ma